Thirteen Nigerian tertiary institutions have won a total of N500m compliance prizes awarded by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.
The beneficiary institutions include federal, state, and privately owned. They were ranked best for the 2020 JAMB National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Award (NATAP-M Award).
Each of the five categories of the awards attracted N100 million shared among the best three institutions in each category.
The categories include the most preferred institution by candidates, the institution with the highest national diversity, the most improved institution in gender balance, and the institution with the highest number of international students.
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The presentation of prizes was held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, during the admission policy meeting which was chaired by the education minister, Adamu Adamu.
The award ceremony according to the JAMB registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, was the third in the series since it was initiated in 2018.
Oloyede, a professor and former vice-chancellor, said N75 million will be presented to the winners, N15million, and N10 million to the first and second runners-up.
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The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) emerged as the most sought-after tertiary institution in Nigeria, with 81,659 applicants in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), while Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) ranked second with 75,446. Bayero University, Kano (BUK), ranked third with 59,506.
UNILORIN got N75 million, ABU N15m, and BUK N10 million.
The most national admission spread award was given to Kaduna State Polytechnic, which has candidates from across 33 states of the Federation.
Ahmadu Bello University, with candidates across 32 states, and Afe Babalola University, with candidates across 29 states, emerged first and second runners-up, respectively.
The Federal University, Lafia, won the prize for the most improved gender balance for the year 2020. The FCT College of Education, Zuba, emerged as the first runner-up and Abia State University, Uturu was the second runner-up in the category.
For the institution with the highest number of foreign students, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria emerged first with 61 candidates; the University of Maiduguri came second with 20 students, and Nile University, Abuja, ranked third with 11 students.
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